Here is your list of 38 play contests with April 2014 deadlines.í‚  Happy submitting!

Name

Lengths Accepted

Details

Deadline

Location

Additional Info

í‚ International Talent Club

45 mins / 105 mins

Seeks adult (max 105 mins) and children’s (max 45 mins) plays from anybody age 18+.

4/1/14

n/a

Prize: CAD $3000

The College at Brockport – NY

7-14 minutes

Original scripts only. No musicals.

4/1/14

Brockport, New York

n/a

Fly-By-Night Theatre

Not specified

Interested in challenging and edgy pieces.

4/1/14

North Carolina

n/a

Chicago Dramatists Residency

Full Length

Residency open to Chicago-area playwrights

4/1/14

Chicago, Illinois

n/a

Spartanburg Little Theatre

Full Length

Seeks stories that are told in a uniquely theatrical way.í‚  Unclear if playwright must be nyc-based.

4/1/14

Spartanburg, South Carolina

n/a

Gi60

max 60 seconds

Open to everybody.

4/1/14

UK & New York

n/a

Francesca Primus Prize

Full Length

Open to female playwrights who had a fully staged, professional production in 2013.

4/1/14

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Fee: $25
Prize: $10,000

Moonlit Wings Productions

20-40 mins

Seeks plays or musicals, w/ large cast, suitable for ages 7-15. Themes: making your luck, standing up for your future, championing a cause

4/1/14

Fairfax, Virginia

n/a

Idiom Theater

70í‚  – 120 mins

í‚ Finished or unfinished works accepted

4/4/14

Bellingham, Washington

$100 prize

Idiom Theater

10-min play

Themes: “Revenge” and “Magic”

4/4/14

Bellingham, Washington

n/a

The Collective NY

10-min play

Seeks original plays that engage truthful storytelling.

4/5/14

New York City, New York

n/a

Pittsburgh New Works Festival

max 40 mins

Feedback given.

4/6/14

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fee: $15
Prize: $550

Burbage New Writing Prize

min 60 mins

Open to anyone, on any topic.

4/7/14

London, UK

n/a

Tiny Dog Productions

max 20 minsí‚ í‚ 

Development opp.í‚  Playwright must produce.í‚  Accepts submissions of new short plays or excerpts from a longer piece

4/8/14

London , UK

n/a

Red Bull Theater

max 10 mins

Theme: í¢â‚¬Å“RIDICULOUS/SUBLIMEí¢â‚¬

4/11/14

New York City, New York

“small” prize

West Coast Players

max 15 mins

Prefers comedies, but will also consider dramas.

4/12/14

Clearwater, Florida

Fee: $5.í‚  Unspecified prize.

Putney Theatre Company

max 20 mins

Open to UK writers. Theme: anniversary or birthday.

4/13/14

London, UK

n/a

Nick Darke Award

Full Length

Seeks submissions of ideas for stage plays and radio plays. Theme: the environment.

4/14/14

Cornwall, UK

Prize: í‚£6,000

FUSION Theatre Co

max 10 pages

Theme: í¢â‚¬Å“Worlds Collideí¢â‚¬

4/14/14

Albuquerque, New Mexico

No fee if sent hard copy.í‚  Prize: Travel.

Wega Arts

max 45 mins

One-act play festival

4/14/14

Weyauwega, Wisconsin

n/a

Marble Collegiate Church

10-min play

10-minute plays

4/14/14

New York City, New York

n/a

Luna Stage

Full Length

If playwright has MFA or agent, residency irrelevant.í‚  Otherwise, NJ playwrights only

4/15/14

West Orange, New Jersey

n/a

Frostburg State Univ

Max 40 mins

Entries will be judged on plot, character development, dialogue & quality.

4/15/14

Frostburg, Maryland

Fee: $20
Prize: $750

Stage West Theatre

Full Length

Playwrights must have lived in TX, LA, OK, AK, or NM for 2+ years.

4/15/14

Fort Worth, Texas

Fee: $10
Prize: $500

Unboxed Voices

10-min play

Playwright must produce.

4/15/14

New York City, New York

$38 if chosen.

Forget Me Not Theatre Co

not specified

Themes: Survival; How to dust off the wreckage? How to wake yourself up from panic? Awake vs asleep.í‚  Chicago-based playwrights preferred.

4/15/14

Chicago, Illinois

n/a

New England Theatre Conf

Full Length

Open to all playwrights.

4/15/14

Hamden, Connecticut

Fee: $10
Prize: $1000

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